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divorcing dad. i play halo with my son and that helps keep contact. my daughter doesn't like halo very much. she's very girly but also likes fighty type stuff (like jumping on turtles), i like any game with fighty type stuff, but i'll play whatever.

any recommendations? she's not easily scared, but also young (she handled paranorman ok, but i might have taken her to the hobbit too early...)